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Finding Next Sunday
If you'd like to find out how long it is until next Sunday (or how many days have passed since last Sunday), simply use the property DayOfWeek. It...
Launching Applications with Alternate Credentials
If you must run an application with a different identity, Start-Process offers the parameter -Credential. This would launch the Notepad editor using...
Configure SQL diagnostic manager for non-standard ports
SQL Server uses the port 1433 as its standard listening port. Hackers know this and will use it to more easily hack into your SQL...
Manipulating Scheduled Tasks
If you need to change and adjust settings in a registered scheduled task, there is a COM interface called 'Schedule.Service' that you can...
Dumping Scheduled Tasks
There is an underestimated option to make schtasks.exe dump scheduled tasks as CSV data. PowerShell can grab the CSV data and turn it into objects,...
Create Strongly Typed Hash Table
A hash table can store any data type. If you want more control, you can create a typed dictionary (which behaves pretty much like a hash table): $ht...
Lucky number 13 : Big Data, Little Data, we don't discriminate
We have begun seeding release candidates of Aqua Data Studio version 13.0 with a planned stable release beginning of May. We have some new members...
Why Back Up the Transaction Log if not Interested in Point-in-time Restore?
I’ve heard people say many times that they don’t use full or bulk-logged recovery model or backup the transaction log of their database...
Make Your PowerShell Scripts Click-runnable
If you are like me, you hate having to type in the full path to a PowerShell script to run it.Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just execute...
Clone FireMonkey objects
I've got a task of cloning FireMonkey objects. Let it be "chess". An object is created as an aggregate in design-time. Look at the...
Is Using RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE dangerous?
One of my pet peeves is the use of RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE in scripts to change server options. Am I being unreasonable or is this justified? All...
Delphi Labs: DataSnap code samples updated to XE3
It seems that it is my very first post in the New Year 2013, so I wish You all the best and great time writing all kinds of programs. I'm sure...
Increase SQL Server Performance Using Multiple Files
By default, SQL Server databases are comprised of two files: the primary data file (or .mdf) and the log file (or .ldf). It is, however, possible to...
Unix Log Scanner
After the installation of the Unix Log Scanner using the uptime plugin manager I try to create a service monitor. But every time I run the test I...
XE3 Visual LiveBindings: User defined objects
The adapter components TListBindSourceAdapter and TObjectBindSourceAdapter enable LiveBindings with user defined TObjects. Here is a user defined...
Installing Sonar for Delphi
On 15th of November the HTML5 Builder QA Team was in the VLCTesting where we learned very good experiences and shared knowledge, amongst this was...
Why isn’t there a Procedure Editor for Sybase ASE like there is for the other database vendors?
I can right mouse click on a procedure in Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server and choose the "Edit in Procedure Editor", but in Sybase ASE this option...
Can we export data from Oracle using UTL_FILE or the SPOOL command?
How can we do this? Response Niels Gron over 10 years ago You can accomplish this functionality in Aqua Data Studio with the same or similar...
DB2 iSeries SQL and System Naming
I have a question about using "system" naming with the iSeries driver. Usually this allows you to provided a list of schemas that may contain your...
Why does Table Data Editor ask me to disambiguate column names?
When I enter a query into ADS which contains a join and the tables have common column names, the database server will not execute the query if the...
Getting the Permissions Wired-Up Properly When Attaching a Content Database to a SharePoint Farm
You’ve probably heard the latest news in the SharePoint world: SharePoint 2013 has been released to manufacturing (RTM)! We’ve been told...
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USE mysql; SHOW FULL TABLES WHERE table_type = 'base table'; /* returns ... innodb_index_stats BASE TABLE innodb_table_stats BASE TABLE ......
Top MySQL Blogs You Should Be Reading
There's a lot happening in the world of MySQL and it's really vital to be up-to-date with the latest advancements in this field to stay ahead of the...